The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced today that it would open up its borders and provide tourist visas upon arrival at the airport to 49 countries.
that created a humanitarian crisis —millions of refugees are teetering on the brink of starvation— and the anniversary of the Sept 11th attacks stirring up fresh resentment, the kingdom’s popularity is at an all-time low.
While progressive reforms are taking place –the ban on women driving cars in the sovereign nation was lifted in June 2018– drug policy reform does not appear to be on the table or even open for discussion. “Citizens caught abusing drugs are encouraged into treatment programs,” says Abdallah al-Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations.
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